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Well after having full blown flu M gave me his cold...Which for me turned into a rotten stinking one and gave me an ear infection...So antibiotics and antibiotic ear drops...I hate eardrops they dribble out unless you keep your head on it's side for about 15 mins after putting them in LOL...Apart from when i had all the 'tummy bugs' (which were actually my gall bladder) a couple of years ago i haven't felt this miserable or poorly for years...I wanted to have my christmas cards all made and am torn between two ideas...To either glass paint them ALL or a different idea i have...Basically using the masking fluid and watercolours again...I got new watercolour paints back at end of sept...Can't remember if i mentioned them...They were really cheap and dead cool...They're metallic/pearlescent...It gives a lovely sheen to what i use on the cards...K had me make a card for her to give to her b/f to celebrate their 2 year anniversary of being together...Well it's hard to do a card for a young lad for that type of thing that isn't mushy...I have a metal stencil that is hearts and not overly flouncy and mushy...So i used the masking fluid over the stencil...Then i used the copper watercolour paint over it...Peeled off the masking fluid and then used the stencil to draw the outline in copper pen...Then i got a black card blank, put copper paper on it then the watercolour paper over that with the design...And put on a 'just for you' tag...So blokey and sentimental but not mushy :o) He liked it she said.

Our weekend away at Ks was a nightmare...The forth road bridge has roadworks on it every sat & sun just now...They've been going on for a while and the queus are horrendous...So me in my wisdom decided to detour via kincardine bridge...And on the motorway it says you can use that alternative route...What it doesn't say is that there are roadworks there as well that are WORSE...Put it this way just as we entered kincardine itself i phoned K to say we would be late and we were stuck in a queue at kincardine bridge...50 mins later i phoned her to say we had finally crossed the dratted bridge...I know no using mobile whilst driving...I didn't as such i phoned when we were staionary...50 mins to travel ONE mile ARRRGGHHHHHH...Ever since i've had a mobile phone i never used or answered it whilst driving...Eventually we got to her fellas flat and loaded the car up with half her gear...We left the boys with her fella and drove out to her new flat...Then we went back and collected the rest of her stuff, the boys and her fella...Although she is out of edinburgh the flat is lovely :o) There are a few details they need to sort out with the letting agent though...Like the kitchen door being slightly squint so doesn't shut properly, a slight leak from under the toilet cistern, the drier part of the washer/drier NOT working...The freezer was being a pain but they found out why and fixed that themselves...It was set too low LOL...What i still can't get over is the kitchen has hob, oven, microwave, washer/drier, dishwasher, fridge, freezer and there is some crockery, pans, utensils, cutlery etc...BUT NO kettle!!!!!!....Oh and the oven has a grill but no grill pan...But NO kettle i find so strange...It's a BASIC requirement...the lad she's sharing with bought a kettle...K has bought a toaster and taken all her kitchen stuff she already had...She's bought a TV stand and waiting for coffee table to be back in stock...I told them that rather than sharing the costs better that they share the buying...As in each of them buy something outright...That way when they part ways there's no arguements as to what belongs to who...She has the double bedroom and the lad has the single bedroom...Not because K has a fella but because it is the only room that is carpeted...So it's better for her when she gets up...She's still got all the ongoing health problems so a carpet is easier for her mobility...I took them shopping to asda...And again the next day to argos, poundland etc...The lad she's sharing with has never lived away from home before...He's having to realise he has to make adjustments LOL...He'll soon learn...We stayed with K as there is plenty room for us to stay with her...We also came home via the forth road bridge LOL...Times for waiting on the electronic signs said 80 mins...Funny that we queued and got across the bridge in 25 mins LOL

K is going into hospital on wed until fri...This is for the tests that they didn't do earlier on in the year...The tests she was refered for LAST november that her neuro thought she'd get done in January or the spring at the latest...The tests she went over to Glasgow for in may or june that she was only there for an hour for!!!!!...She'll be in glasgow and wired and hooked up to these machines...So basically she's gonna be confinedto bed for 3 days :o( Not like we can just pop in to visit her either...She's taking uni work in with her to do but still she's going to be bored silly...As she will be hooked up to machines then using her mobile will be out of the question...Wonder if they have normal Tv or that stupid patientline thing that costs an arm and a leg.

Anyways that's all for now folks toodle pip tc xxx